News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-02-10

Domett, of the Maverick National
Bank, who, by means of boards and
cushions, had cleared for himself
space, and was found uninjured in a
comparatively safe condition, except
that he was threatened by the flames
Mr.. Domett and then rescued a lady
on the same car. Later on | found
the girl 1 had rescued in her night
dress, lying where 1 left her She
begged me to draw her further from
the burning wreck, and with the as
sistance of an unknown gentleman
we drew her and several others away
from the heat. Then l saw the towns
people coming, and from sheer ex
haustion abandoned the work of res
cue.
AT THE PAINE HOUSE.
The scene at Paine's house near by
was trying even to men of the stout
est nerve, but Mrs. Paine and hel
mother, actuated by womanly sympa'
thy, did everything the limited means
of the house would permit to relieve
the sufferings of humanity.
Nothing but means and groans
could be heard, mingled with pitiful
appeals to God to restore them to
their friends of whom they could learn
nothing, and who, even then, might be
slowly burning up in the flames that
were consuming the wrecked cars and
bridge. Nearly every one was chilled
through, and were begging " for Gods
sake, give me something warm; L m
freezing!"
Faithfully these two brave women
worked, giving hot ginger tea, cam
phor, hot tea, and coffee until their
supply was exhausted.
h In the meantime, two or three died
but no one was present to remove
them until the train came from White
River Junction with the surgeons on
board.
After the floor and beds down stairs
had been covered by people, five OF
six went up stairs and lay down.
At the house of Mr.. Paine the freez-
ing and suffering people would whisper
to each other, asking, "who are you?"
s'What is your name?" "HaYe you
any friends on board the train p And
the replies would be greeted with pit
iful sobs and fervent supplications to
the Almighty for relief.
In the kitchen sat a man clad in
nothing but his flannels, who was ap-
parently in a dazed condition. He
said nothing, but looked into vacancy.
An examination revealed the fact that
both his feet were frozen, and it was
ascertained that he had worked so
long in assisting others that he had
become chilled and partially delirious.
Here Smith Sturtevant, the conduc-
tor of the Inflated express, and as
brave railroader as ever lived, was
laboring in the throes of death. He
had been on the road some p years,
more than half his life. He had la
bored night and day, and was never
found wanting. On the first intima-
ton of impending danger he was cool
and tried to calm the passengers by
requesting them to keep their seats.
After he was taken to Payne's he
suffered intense agony, and was care
fully nursed by dear and faithful
wife. He realized his danger, and
feelingly, for the sake of his little wife
and six children, pleaded with the
physicians to save him. He expressed
his sorrow at having to die; wife and
children we're all the time in his mind.
His death was exceedingly sad, by
the tenacity with which he chung to
life in his last hours and the noble i'm
pulse that prompted his desire to live.
The death of Conductor Burgess,
of the sleeping-car St. Albars, fur
nishes an illustration of the uncertain
married Friday, but he was unable to
arrange matters SO as to get leave OF
absence on that day. So on that ter
rible night, the eve of his prospective
life's happiness, he took his car only
to ride to his death and leave behind
a broken-hearted betrothed.
One of the many sad incidents was
the finding of the remains of man
with a child in his arms, both burned
beyond Identification. The remains
of those taken from the wreck were
nearly all burned so severely that it
was impossible for them to be identi-
fed.
Among those who were on the i'll
fated train were A. B. Veazey, the
only son of Hon. w. G. Veazey, of
Rutland, a student at Dartmouth col
lege and his room mate, Edward F..
Dillon of Springfield, Vt. The two
had been to ball and were on their
way back to Hanover. When at
White River junction the young men
decided, as 1t was Friday night, to
come to Burlington to spend a few
hours. They took the sleeper and
were occupying the same berth. Yea
zey was comparatively uninjured, hav-
ing only a sprained wrist, and was
able to get out of the wreck. But
poor Dillon was pinned down, and
despite the utmost efforts of his chum
who heroicalIy remained at the side of
his friend seeking to effect his release,
till the devouring flames almost envel-
oped him. With parting hand-shake
and last good bye the two parted.
Edward F. Dillon was a member of
the Sophomore class and pitcher for
the Dartmouth Varsity nine. He
entered college in the fall of '94, and
was a member Of the class Of '89 until
last spring, when by reason of sick
ness, he was compelled to fall back to
the class of '89. He was about 10
years Of age.
INTERVIEW WITH PASSENGERS.
D. w. Prev of Providence, r. l..
was passenger in the coach next to
the smoking car, and only escaped be-
ing one of the unfortunates by taking
seat in the smoker. He said that
Conductor Sturtevant had punched his
ticket and had taken fare from a pas
senger across the aisle who gave him
(Sturtevant) a five dollar bill. This
he could not change, but informed the
passenger that he would return with
the proper change in few moments.
Mr.. Prev left the car at this point,
because, as he said, there was too
much noise in the car made by party
of young people from Concord, N. H. 9,
en- route for the Montreal carnival.
AS he passed into the smoker he heard
jar, and what appeared like a tug